View full sizeState Attorney General Jeffrey Chiesa said today that a North Caldwell man has been ordered to pay $353,800 for cheating customers as part of his blinds and draperies businesses.Tony Kurdzuk/The Star-Ledger

TRENTON — A North Caldwell businessman who sells, installs and repairs blinds and draperies has been ordered by a state judge to pay $353,800 for cheating customers of products, services, deposits and down payments, authorities said today.

Mitchell Poller, 57, must pay $13,800 in restitution to affected customers and $340,000 in civil penalties, under an order issued May 31 by Judge Harriet Klein in Essex County. The judge found Poller failed to provide contracted services, did not return deposits or down payments when services were not provided and did not deliver purchased furniture.

Poller conducted business under several names include American Draperies and Blinds, American Draperies and Blind Company, Countrywide Draperies and Blinds, County Wide Draperies and Blinds, Affordable Draperies and Blinds, Affordable Drapery and Blind Company and The Drapery and Blind Company.

The court order was based on an investigation by the state Division of Consumer Affairs.